P. G. McHugh

Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law

A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-determination

P. G. McHugh

Description

This book describes the encounter between the common law legal system and the tribal peoples of North America and Australasia. It is a history of the role of anglophone law in managing relations between the British settlers and indigenous peoples from colonial foundation to the end of the Twentieth century. The historical basis of relations is described through the enduring, but constantly shifting questions of sovereignty, status and, more recently, self-determination.

Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law

A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-determination

P. G. McHugh

Table of Contents

1. Chapter One: IntroductionSOVEREIGNTY Chapter Two: The juridical status of non-Christian polities (to the end of the eighteenth century)Chapter Three: Aboriginal sovereignty and status in the 'Empire(s) of Uniformity'STATUS AND THE 'TWILIGHT CENTURY' Chapter Four: A history of aboriginal status - the legal recognition of the individual and the groupIntermezzo Chapter 5: aboriginal societies and international law: a history of sovereignty, status and landTHE ERA OF SELF-DETERMINATION Chapter 6: An overview of the era of aboriginal self-determinationChapter 7: Achieving recognition during the 1970s and '80s- foundations for a modern jurisprudenceChapter 8: Moving beyond recognition: aboriginal governance in the turbulent 1990s

Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law

A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-determination

P. G. McHugh

Author Information

Dr. P. G. McHugh is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge, Tutor of Sidney Sussex College, and Ashley McHugh Ngai Tahu Visiting Professor at Victoria University of Wellington.

Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law

A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-determination

P. G. McHugh

Reviews and Awards

"This book is big in every way--length, scope, complexity, success, and importance. The book is a tremendous achievement that ought to be read by anyone interested in the sovereignty of the indigenous people pase or present anywhere in the world." --Law and History Review

"...a richly crafted treatment of a worthy topic of immediate as well as historical significance. McHugh has performed a tremendous service in synthesizing the enormous scholarly, judicial, and legislative literatures pertaining to each of his subject jurisdictions, and he has done so without sacrificing the subtle distinctions that constitute a living law."--International Journal of Legal Information